Litigation

Tuesday Media Summary

By Raheem Dawodu

GUANTANAMO BAY DETAINEES/COURTS

Huffington Post: Double Standards: How Our Lawlessness Strengthens Our Enemies
Shahid Buttar – 1/4/2010

TERRORISM/COURTS

SCOTUSBlog: 9/11 conviction stands
Lyle Denniston – 1/4/2010

Politico: Senate Judiciary Committee to hold hearing on bomb plot
Jake Sherman – 1/4/2010

AFP: US lawmakers to pore over Christmas Day bomb plot
1/4/2010

MERIT SELECTION

WDUQ: Support for Appointing Judges Grows
Mark Nootbaar – 1/4/2010

FEDERAL NOMINATIONS

National Law Journal: Slow Going in Senate for DOJ, Judicial Nominees
David Ingram – 1/5/2010

LA Times/AP: Scalia ‘concerned’ about trend to nominate only Supreme Court justices with judge background
1/4/2010

SCOTUS/PROSECUTORIAL IMMUNITY

NY Times/AP: Deal in Case of Prosecutor Immunity
1/4/2010

FEDERAL COURTS/MEDIA/MARRIAGE EQUALITY

National Review: Staging a Show Trial on Same-Sex Marriage
Edward Whelan – 1/4/2010

THREATS AGAINST JUDGES

CBS/AP: Threats Against Judges, Prosecutors Are Up
1/4/2010

Jurist/Paper Chase: Threats against US judges and attorneys more than doubled in six years: report
Matt Glenn – 1/4/2010

NEVADA SUPREME COURT ELECTIONS

Las Vegas Review Journal: Justices Parraguirre, Hardesty file for re-election
Ed Vogel – 1/4/2010

NEVADA JUDICIAL CONDUCT RULES

Legal Newsline: Revised judicial rules coming to Nevada
Chris Rizo – 1/4/2010

MINNESOTA STATE BUDGET/COURTS

Minneapolis Star Tribune: Judge to governor: Power play fails
Editorial – 1/5/2010

CAPITAL PUNISHMENT

NY Times/Sidebar: Group Gives Up Death Penalty Work
Adam Liptak – 1/4/2010

JUDICIAL MISCONDUCT

Atlanta Journal Constitution/AP: Disgraced Miss. judge reports to federal prison
HOLBROOK MOHR – 1/4/2010

Wilkes-Barre Times Leader: Pa. panel upholds Lokuta?s removal
Terrie Morgan-Besecker – 1/5/2010

CHIEF JUSTICE ANNUAL REPORT

Blog Of Legal Times: Chief Justice’s Annual Report: A Missed Opportunity?
Tony Mauro – 1/4/2010

Full post as published by The Gavel on January 05, 2010 (boomark / email).